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New Frontier Pary chair Park Geun-hye campaigns in Busan ahead of the April 11 National Assembly Elections (Hankyoreh/Kang Chang-kwang photo)

The Battleground: Korea’s National Assembly Election

By Andy Jackson Mon, Apr 09, 2012 1:22PM UTC View Comments

Korea’s April 11 National Assembly elections are upon us. The latest polls taken before a government-mandated blackout on polling last week showed that the election was going to be extremely close with the conservative majority New Frontier Party roughly even with the combined strength of the main opposition Democratic Unified Party and the minor left-wing Unified Progressive Party....

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Korean legislative election is tight, really tight

By Andy Jackson Sun, Mar 25, 2012 11:36AM UTC View Comments

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye Pic: AP

With just two and a half weeks to go before Korea’s National Assembly elections, all signs indicate that the race is extremely close. How close? The title that the polling firm Realmeter chose for its latest poll is illustrative: New Frontier = Democrats + Progressives (새누리 39.4% = 민주 33.7% + 진보 5.7%). In other...

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Conservatives gain ground ahead of Korean legislative elections

By Andy Jackson Wed, Mar 14, 2012 2:53AM UTC View Comments

Park Geun-hye has led the NFP back to the top of public opinion polls

It appears that the New Frontier Party has done the right thing in once again turning to Park Geun-hye in its time of need. Park has helped the NFP overcome its ties to unpopular president Lee Myung-bak to soar past its main rival, the progressive Democratic Unified Party, in the latest Realmeter poll. The NFP gained four...

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The coming year in South Korean politics

By Andy Jackson Wed, Jan 04, 2012 2:12AM UTC View Comments

This is going to be a doozy of a year for South Korean Politics, with two major elections amid an ongoing transition in North Korea’s leadership. The first election will be in April for the National Assembly. All 299 seats will be up in the vote, 245 in single-member districts voted and 54 by proportional representation.* ...

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With blood in the water, Korean progressives in an electoral feeding frenzy

By Andy Jackson Tue, Dec 27, 2011 11:21AM UTC View Comments

Park Won-soon's win in the Seoul mayoral election on October 27 has South Korean progressives feeling good about there prospects in the 2012 general elections (AP/Lee Jin-man photo)

The victory by Park Won-soon, a long-time activist backed by progressive groups in a close election for mayor of Seoul last October, has gotten Korea’s left salivating at the prospect of sweeping victories in next year’s national assembly and presidential elections. With a chance to control both the Blue House and the legislature, the various...

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